Yup. My son was born with these all over his back and buttocks. Drs said they are called “Mongolian Spots”. Said they’d go away as he got older and darker. He got darker but you can still see them on his back. He is 29 now.
It doesnt look inflicted at all. The bruises are symmetrical almost. It looks organic. You can tell by the layout of the pattern. Usually bruising from abuse comes from hitting, slamming, dropping etc. You'll see it on their sides, butt, fingers, legs, chest and usually upper back. They have certain patterns like deep large bruises, welts, circle shaped burns etc. not spotting. An experience or trained person would be able to tell period otherwise every bump could be a sign of abuse.
NA middle aged woman here who still has her spots. A family friend was visiting and she saw my back while I was tucking my shirt into my skirt. She thought I had fallen down the stairs 😮😊
Medicine will advance is increasing the quality of care Black patients have access to as more Black medical professionals join medicine and healthcare. We are the only ones who will consistently treat us with the quality of care that we deserve to be treated with.
My child's father was accused of DV because I bruise easily, and it was reported by a family member who hates me as a way to try to take our child. I had to show her the bruises after my surgery from them moving me off the table and the bruises on my arm that came from playing with my dog and carrying bags of groceries. The sad part was we weren't even living together anymore and even though the case was completely dismissed I had to go an entire week of being investigated. An entire unsubstantiated case that was completely embarrassing and traumatizing. I was never so happy to have Google active showing we had had no contact on my phone than ever. There needs to be consequences for people who make false reports because the system is already stretched to the max with real cases.
Sadly, dermatology has always failed me and my children. They do not know what yeast looks like on black skin, nor do they know what MRSA looks like on the face that presents as acne. I sadly had to go to urgent care where the doctor was from Africa who swapped my daughter's face and discovered that she had MRSA due to both of her parents being in health care working with the elderly population in the nursing home, so we are all carriers. The same urgent care doctor helped me when my skin was rubbing off due to a yeast infection caused by taking biologics that made me very susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections. I now just go to the urgent care and skip children and my PCP. Sadly they refuse to swob because they overly police cost for African Americans. I have 4 other occasions as well where I was misdiagnosed due to the lack of diversity training. All the pictures are of whites so they have no clue. Please seek out doctors who have a biochemistry background because doctors do NOT have the same beginning education. They are more likely to ask why than to give a script for every symptom. I live in a very diverse city so this is an overall issue in healthcare sadly.
My mom has a blue-green birthmark on her butt. I assume it's some variation of a Mongolian spot. Oh and are we no longer calling them Mongolian spots? Let me know so I'm not being insensitive
This is why there is an effort to make dermatology slides more diverse.
They are common in black babies. We were all.born with this in my family.
My little brothers had Mongolian blue drops on their bums … medicine needs to understand black and ethnic people are not the same as white SIMPLE 😢
I have seen these marks on Black babies.❤❤❤ Thank you for all of your work of spreading this information.❤
That’s wild. Both of my children had them. So did my baby sister. I this was common in Black babies, because I’ve seen them more often than not
Yup. My son was born with these all over his back and buttocks. Drs said they are called “Mongolian Spots”. Said they’d go away as he got older and darker. He got darker but you can still see them on his back. He is 29 now.
My son was born with Mongolian marks the nurse was like why does he have this (insinuating that it’s not supposed to be there)!?
What are Mongolian marks? I'm going to Google it, but you may answer before I can get the info 😊
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My daughter had them!! We call them mongoloid spots🤷🏾♀️ this is very common with babies of color
It doesnt look inflicted at all. The bruises are symmetrical almost. It looks organic. You can tell by the layout of the pattern. Usually bruising from abuse comes from hitting, slamming, dropping etc. You'll see it on their sides, butt, fingers, legs, chest and usually upper back. They have certain patterns like deep large bruises, welts, circle shaped burns etc. not spotting. An experience or trained person would be able to tell period otherwise every bump could be a sign of abuse.
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My babe boy had the same thing, which finally went away
Both my sons have Mongolian spots
My two both still have these
NA middle aged woman here who still has her spots. A family friend was visiting and she saw my back while I was tucking my shirt into my skirt. She thought I had fallen down the stairs 😮😊
Medicine will advance is increasing the quality of care Black patients have access to as more Black medical professionals join medicine and healthcare. We are the only ones who will consistently treat us with the quality of care that we deserve to be treated with.
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My nephew is 2yr and 4 mths and he still has these marks on his back, what's the reason blk babies have these things.
My child's father was accused of DV because I bruise easily, and it was reported by a family member who hates me as a way to try to take our child. I had to show her the bruises after my surgery from them moving me off the table and the bruises on my arm that came from playing with my dog and carrying bags of groceries. The sad part was we weren't even living together anymore and even though the case was completely dismissed I had to go an entire week of being investigated. An entire unsubstantiated case that was completely embarrassing and traumatizing. I was never so happy to have Google active showing we had had no contact on my phone than ever. There needs to be consequences for people who make false reports because the system is already stretched to the max with real cases.
My baby is mixed and she has the same birthmark
Sadly, dermatology has always failed me and my children. They do not know what yeast looks like on black skin, nor do they know what MRSA looks like on the face that presents as acne. I sadly had to go to urgent care where the doctor was from Africa who swapped my daughter's face and discovered that she had MRSA due to both of her parents being in health care working with the elderly population in the nursing home, so we are all carriers. The same urgent care doctor helped me when my skin was rubbing off due to a yeast infection caused by taking biologics that made me very susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections. I now just go to the urgent care and skip children and my PCP. Sadly they refuse to swob because they overly police cost for African Americans. I have 4 other occasions as well where I was misdiagnosed due to the lack of diversity training. All the pictures are of whites so they have no clue. Please seek out doctors who have a biochemistry background because doctors do NOT have the same beginning education. They are more likely to ask why than to give a script for every symptom. I live in a very diverse city so this is an overall issue in healthcare sadly.
My mom has a blue-green birthmark on her butt. I assume it's some variation of a Mongolian spot. Oh and are we no longer calling them Mongolian spots? Let me know so I'm not being insensitive
So sad 😢
My daughter is 27 and still has hers
I'm blk and my kids all had this .my daughter did our DNA and we have Asian DNA which I knew between have their eyes
My son had them at birth. they do fade. I was concerned but my pediatrician explained that to me.😊
Im a white Italian women I have two kids with a black Nigerian Men and both of my babies had this
I’m a Pakistani and my little sister has one on her hand
They are called Mongolian Spots. Black babies have them told at birth and they fade away.
Isn’t the blue mark among East Asians an indicator to being related to Genghis Khan?
It's a myth